HALF-TRUTH Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

half-truth

noun

as in lie

a statement that is only partly true and that is intended to deceive people I'm tired of all these half-truths—I want to know the real story.

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Recent Examples of half-truth In his two days of hearings, Kennedy will offer excuses and half-truths, as well as full-on lies, anything to get approval. —

New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025 Tribune reporter Ronald Yates then revealed in 1976 that two witnesses were forced to tell half-truths and withhold vital information during Toguri’s trial. —

Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025 After the Los Angeles fires, lies and half-truths about California's water policies and the state's emergency response spread at breakneck speed. —

Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 The gaslighting and half-truths left viewers with unanswered questions and a sense of manipulation. —

Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 31 Oct. 2024 That half-truth avoids the fact that warmer oceans generate stronger storms with heavier downfalls. —

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024 These half-truths, lies, distortions, and trickery were most troubling for me. —

Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2024 Another debate, another opportunity for politically convenient half-truths and dubious statistics. —

Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Oct. 2024 Read More: How Trump Won The real danger when a leader traffics in half-truths and conflicting claims is that people don’t know what to believe. —

Barbara McQuade, TIME, 6 Nov. 2024

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There's also teases of more pod love triangles (of course), social media exposés, lies, and exes potentially still being in the picture (and living in the same building).

— Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Many of the former government officials whose lies have resulted in the disastrous policies of the past and the unending wars, particularly in the Middle East, are the most vocal opponents of her nomination.

— Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2025